Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-04-27

GLIDDENsS DISAPPEAkANCE.
His Shameless COnduct-The Walking
Delegate Leaves Town, Deserving HIS
Faithful Wife-His Base Deception OF
Young Birmingham G1rl-A Tell.
Tale Letter Found by His Wife Re-
Veals mis- TnfamY.
Benjamin F. Glidden, the walking dele
gate" labor reform martyr, etc., who was
one of the men convicted of boycotting the
COURIER and who was sentenced therefor
recently, will probably be seen never more
in New Haven, having left town after most
shameless desertion of his devoted wife,
who has supported him for many weeks by
her daily toll, and having been most oppor-
tunely through tell-tale love-letter detect
ed in shameful and dastardly piece Of vii
lainy. The story of his base work is thus
told by Glidden's worthy and esteemed
wife:
Mrs. Glidden says that last Tuesday her
husband when he left home said he would
probably be absent few days on business.
In fact, whenever out late nights or out all
night he would tell his wife that he had
been away on business. She never had the
faintest idea anything was wrong, but al
ways put implicit confidence in what he
said, although she can now look back and
see how utterly improbable and basely unre
liable some of his stories were.
Saturday came, but her husband did not.
and she began to fear that all was not right
and so went to the Telegram ofGce-a labor
paper on which he worked-and inquired il
he was there. He was not, and she was told
that he had done very little of late in attend.
ing to what he ought to. In fact, he had
been lazy and indolent and apparently did
not want to work. This was rather bitter
pill, for he had represented 10 her that he
could get but little work to do and she had
to support him with the money she earned
as saleslady.
The people of the Telegram undoubtedly
thought all was not right, SO the manager
gave Mrs. Glidden letter addressed to her
husband, which had been in the office three
or four days. She took the letter home and
thinking it might be something important to
her husband and he being absent she opened
it.
And important it wasl Not only to him,
but doubly so to her. When she broke the
seal of the letter little did she realize of what
was to follow, and how she would be made to
suffer. The letter was from Miss Julia King
of Birmingham, II years old, and was a
recommendation of Glidden to the brother
III mcCudA1CSb1Lc3 ~ L. IL Was 1AbCHSlCet
that Glidden should have received the letter
before he left New Haven, but to the post
Office is due the credit of being behindhand
with it, and thus paving the way for Mrs.
Glidden to find out how faithless her hus-
band vas.
When Mrs Glidden had read the letter
she was almost Frustrated with grief, but
like the brave little woman she is, she went
nobly to work to ferret out the matter. She
went to Birmingham yesterday to find Miss
King. The lady who answered her knock
said she was Mrs. King Mrs. Glidden told
her she wanted to see her daughter, too. She
desired to see them both together.
"You know my husband" said Mrs. Gid
den to Miss King when she walked into the
room, "and are well acquainted with him.
am Mrs. Glidden. I have the letter you
wrote to my husband few days ago, and I
want all the letters he ever wrote to you"
And here again did Glidden show mis-
devilishness. Here was a fair and innocent
young GIRL who was nearly heart broken,
the same as Mrs. Glidden. To find that he
was married man was almost more than
she could bear. They were to have been
married in three months. Miss King'wanted
Glidden said no. 1t is thought that Glidden
did not intend to marry the girl at all, but
was simply enticing her on.
1t was about two years ago that Glidden
first met Miss King, who is the youngest of
four sisters, at boarding house in Birming-
ham, Glidden then being at work on the
Derby Transcript as compositor. When
he left Derby he kept up correspondence
with Miss King. He went to Birmingham
very often to see her.
For two years this kind of work was going
on right under Mrs Glidden's nose, but
trustful and confding she suspected nothing.
Miss King gave her all the letters Gl1dden
had written, and their number can well
be imagined when it took Mrs. Glidden from
the time she arrived home Monday night IN
til 2 o'clock yesterday morning to read all of
them.
The general purport of them all was of his
declaration of love. He was enthusiastic in
calling her his darling. He told her of his
large bank account and how high he stood in
the community here. He also hoped she at
tended church and Sunday school, He
wanted her to marry him and the time had
been set.
When Mrs. Glidden had gotten through
reading these letters she dried her tears and
said that, if he was such faithless creature
as that, she would not shed tear on his &C
count. She said the letters had hardened
her. She does not want to make any of the
letters public just at present, but there are
two or three which she undoubtedly will in
a few days to show still further how worth
less fellow he was Her husband is 80 or
"a years old, though he claimed to be but
49,
Mrs. Glidden lives at 1873 Park street, hav.
ing lived there since last February Her
mother told COURIER reporter yesterday
that she had loved Glidden as son. She had
taken as good care of him and left nothing
undone but what she would do for her own
son. To think that he turned out so badly
made her feel dreadful. Her daughter is
not very strong, and it was hard blow, and
the heavy strain might make her i'll yet.
Mrs. Glidden said that as much as she had
thought of him, and as much as her daugh-
ter had loved him, yet they would never take
him back again.
Miss King in sending the last latter to
Glidden recommending him to her brothers
at Mechanicsville did so with the superstition
that he was to ask their consent to marry
her, as her mother said he thought she would
leave it to them. 1t is not known where
Glidden is.
Mrs. Glidden is saleslady in the corset
department at Bolton G Neely's dry goods
store and has been there several years, most
of the time supporting her husband. She is
respected by all who know her and she has
the sympathy of all in her trouble. Glidden
is bitterly complained of as having walked
off with 500 of other folks money which he